Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?
a. It was a region in which anarchy reigned.
b. It was a boundary beyond which there was no human habitation.
c. It was the line between civilized society and a completely untamed and savage wilderness.
d. It was a meeting place of different cultures.
d
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a. William Hickok b. Joseph G. McCoy c. Charles Goodnight d. Henry Comstock e. Hank Chisolm
Scientific research from the late 1990s concluded that the main cause of global warming was __________.
A. overuse of green technology B. rising sea levels C. greenhouse emissions from carbon-based fuels D. extreme weather events, including hurricanes and flash floods
There was a backlash against Reagan's environmental policies because the administration __________
A) reversed twenty years of growing bipartisan work to protect the environment B) closed numerous national parks C) worked to have groups like the Sierra Club and Greenpeace outlawed D) shut down the Environmental Protection Agency
Coxey's Army was a
a. group of unemployed Chicago workers who argued that gold alone should be a basis for the nation's currency; Coxey was the leader of the men. b. group of unemployed workers who marched to Washington, DC, to demand the establishment of a national public works program that would hire millions of American men doing all sorts of jobs. c. group of unemployed African American men who marched on Washington to protest discrimination. d. relatively small group of unemployed men who marched to Washington demanding the nation's money be based on silve